#B42E9F#B42E9F

#B42E9F is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.206 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E9F
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(309, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(309, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 11.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 64.19, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 71.56, 333.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1875 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.206 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0577, 14.1628, 34.1555)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E9F #2EB443

analogous

#862EB4 #B42E9F #B42E5C

triadic

#B42E9F #9FB42E #2E9FB4

tetradic

#B42E9F #B4862E #2EB443 #2E5CB4

square

#B42E9F #B4862E #2EB443 #2E5CB4

split-complementary

#B42E9F #5CB42E #2EB486

monochromatic

#531549 #832274 #B42E9F #D24EBD #DE7ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B42E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B42E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E9F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E9F	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E709C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.206 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75bc',
    500: '#b42e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e9f;
$custom-light: #ce75bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.403,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54859,
    "c": 0.20647,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E9F

secondary

#77C784

accent

#E25E45

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E9F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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